欧美文化博览 迈克尔•乔丹传(14)

 

If you walk through a crowd with Jordan, you see the same thing he sees, you see all the eyes aiming him. And I asked, "what do you see in the crowd?" He said, "sometimes, I see a father and a son. They may not think I even notice them. But sometimes Jordan said, "I wonder, if they have any idea how much I like to be them."

如果你与乔丹一同穿过人群，你会看到他看到的同一样东西,你会看到所有的眼睛都盯着他。我问他:“你在人群中看到什么?”他说,“有时候,我看见一对父子。他们可能没有注意到我在关注他们。但有时乔丹说,“我想知道自己想变成他们那样的话，他们会作何感想。”

"Last night, we began the show with the disappearance¹ of Michael Jordan's father. Mike's worst fear has come true. James Jordan was found dead, victim² of an apparent³ murder."

“昨天晚上,我们开始迈克尔·乔丹父亲失踪的节目。迈克最害怕的景象成为现实。詹姆斯·乔丹被发现死亡，他是明显的谋杀案的受害者。”

"When my father died, I had him for 32 years. I was very lucky. I look at that as being lucky not as being disappointed⁴ that he wasn't around anymore. I was lucky he was there when I needed him that he can influence my life to look at situation that I used to help to make my decision to this day. Some kids never had dad. Sure I would love to have him now, but, people put on this earth for reason, and you realize the time that you're here you never know when that's gonna be taken away from. That's one thing he taught me. But why there's a hill, why they are here, you should make an impact⁵ on someone's life. He made impact on my life. That's the third championship, my father kept kind of hitting towards me playing baseball, stop playing basketball, wanted me to give baseball a shot⁶, cause's that was the accident started when I was 6 years old I played baseball and he felt that I could play baseball and do it with the same conviction⁷ and attitude that I play basketball."

“当我父亲离我而去,我才记住他在的这32年。我很幸运。我把这当作幸运而不是失望,因为他已经不在人世了。我是幸运的,因为他在时,当我需要的时候,他就可以左右我的生活,他的帮助,才有了今时今日的我。有些孩子从来没有父亲。当然我希望他现在仍然在世,但逝者已然离去，生者务须坚强。你意识到的时候,你在这里,你永远不会知道什么时候会离开。那是一件他教我的事情。但为什么有一座山,他们为什么来这儿,你应该影响他们的一生。他对我一生影响很大。这是第三个冠军,我父亲让我投身棒球,停止打篮球,要我在棒球业成功。引我在六岁时打棒球,他觉得我能打棒球。但我以同样的信念和态度开始打篮球。”

Every day, the first person there before the son, would be Jordan. And he was there because he wasn't good. He would work with the batting instructor⁸ and work all day long and the last person to leave every night, also.

每一天,第一个在儿子面前的那个人就是乔丹。他在那里是因为他没有准备好。他会一直矗立在那里,成为每天的最后一人。

1 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

2 victim   

n.受害人，牺牲者，牺牲品

参考例句：

• What is your relationship with the victim?您与受害人的关系？
• The victim was found lying dead on the river bank.发现被害人倒毙于河岸。

3 apparent   

adj.表面上的，貌似真实的，显然的，明明白白的

参考例句：

• The apparent truth was really a lie.表面上看似实话，实际上是个谎言。
• His guilt is apparent to all.他的罪恶尽人皆知。

4 disappointed   

adj.失望的，不满意的，不如意的

参考例句：

• He seemed disappointed when the man refused his request.当那个人拒绝了他的要求时他看起来很失望。
• He was disappointed so often that he became hopeless.他屡次失望，以致变为了绝望。

5 impact   

n.冲击，碰撞；影响；vt.装紧，压紧

参考例句：

• The computer had made a great impact on modern life.计算机对现代生活产生了巨大的影响.
• How will the war impact on such a poet?战争对这样一个诗人会产生什么影响？

6 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。

7 conviction   

n.确信，坚定的信仰；说服，信服；定罪

参考例句：

• His conviction carried him along in his research.他的信心支持着他把研究工作坚持下去。
• His conviction caused rioting in the streets.他被判有罪，引起了街头骚动。

8 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。